Through its publications, the Arizona Historical Society promotes new research and scholarship about the history of Arizona and the surrounding region.

As the leading publication dedicated to the state’s history, the quarterly Journal of Arizona History publishes articles that add substantially to our knowledge of Arizona’s past. In addition, the Arizona Historical Society maintains a book publishing platform.

A 10% discount is given to AHS Members. A 40% wholesale discount is given to books vendors and individuals ordering 5 or more books.

PUBLICATIONS

The Journal of Arizona History
Each issue of The Journal of Arizona History features original research articles and an extensive book review section that focuses on new works on Arizona, the American West, and the border region. A subscription to the journal is a benefit of Arizona Historical Society membership. Members also receive access to archived issues through JSTOR.

Single issues can be purchased as well. Recent issues (2015-present) are $12.50 per copy. Back issues (1960-2014), if available, are $7.00 per copy. To order, call the Publications office at 520-617-1163 or email [email protected].

To submit an article manuscript to The Journal of Arizona History, contact the editor, Dr. David Turpie, at [email protected]. Authors are encouraged to read the submission guidelines before submitting a manuscript.

The Catalina Highway: Boosterism, Convict Labor, and the Road to Tucson’s Backyard Mountain
By Tom Zoellner

The Right to Represent: Mexican Americans and the World War II Draft Board in Tucson, Arizona
By Lora M. Key

Two Nations, Indivisible: Unity, Discord, and the Cartoons of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute, 1973–1974
By Rhiannon M. Koehler

AHS Books
Since 1975, the Arizona Historical Society has published more than twenty-five books about the culture and history of Arizona and the surrounding region. View our new Publications Catalogue. To order an AHS book, complete the Book Order Form on the last page of the catalogue.

New Book Alert!The Girl in the Iron Box: How an Arizona Kidnapping Stumped Hoover’s FBI by Paul Cool

To purchase, please print out and complete the Girl in the Iron Box Order Form and then mail the form to AHS Publications, 949 E. 2nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85719.

At 3 o’clock in the afternoon of April 25, 1934, six-year-old June Robles stepped inside a Ford sedan on her way home from school and disappeared from the streets of Tucson, Arizona. With the Lindbergh kidnapping fresh in the minds of Depression-era Americans, the kidnapping sent shock waves across the country and through the sleepy desert community. After nineteen frantic days and nights, June Robles was discovered alive, buried in an iron box beneath the hot desert sand. Second only to the Lindbergh case, June Robles’s disappearance was the most notorious child abduction of the 1930s, setting in motion a massive manhunt in Tucson and around the country. It was the first major case that ambitious FBI director J. Edgar Hoover’s agents could not solve. Based on extensive research in newspapers, interviews, and FBI files, Paul Cool
recreates in absorbing detail the search for the missing girl, the massive local and national manhunt for her kidnappers, and Hoover’s obsessive involvement in the case.

Book Proposals

We are currently accepting book proposals. Authors should send a 5–7 page proposal that includes a discussion of the scope and content of the work, the proposed length of the book manuscript, the intended audience, and the timeframe for completion. Please submit book proposals to Dr. David Turpie, at [email protected]. They may also be mailed via postal mail to his attention at the Arizona Historical Society, 949 E. 2nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85719.